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2022 South Dakota Power Outage Report

In 2022, the average South Dakota customer went without power for about 6.9 hours — the 13th worst of any US state that year, 2.3× the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
6.9
Peak customers out
23,986
Rank (worst state)
13th
Counties affected
20

South Dakota outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2022 highlighted.

0.7h20150.9h20160.8h20171.1h20183.8h20194.6h20203.4h20216.9h20222.3h20232.3h20246.5h2025

Hardest-hit South Dakota counties in 2022

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Minnehaha County23,9862Beadle County6,9563Davison County6,3274Brown County6,2045Lincoln County3,9866Brookings County3,4337Lake County3,4028Yankton County3,2359Hutchinson County2,70210Pennington County2,44511Day County2,40712Kingsbury County2,17413Union County2,14414Codington County2,13215Hamlin County2,09216Brule County2,08817Walworth County2,02118McCook County1,88919Deuel County1,86720Bon Homme County1,845

Biggest South Dakota outages of 2022

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Minnehaha CountyJuly 5, 202223,986
Minnehaha CountyMay 12, 202216,409
Beadle CountyMay 12, 20226,956
Davison CountyMay 12, 20226,327
Brown CountyJuly 3, 20226,204
Davison CountyJuly 26, 20226,153
Brown CountyJuly 6, 20225,328
Minnehaha CountyNovember 8, 20225,171
Beadle CountyJuly 5, 20225,082
Lincoln CountyJuly 5, 20223,986
South Dakota by year:20252024202320212020201920182017
Other states in 2022:MENCFLWVVTAK

Part of the 2022 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.